Online instructor-led course conducted over one week.
You must register at least 7 business days before the start date if you're in the U.S. and 21 if you're outside the U.S.
Pedestrian and bicycle crashes are one of the most frequent types of injurious crashes in urban areas. Because of their unique nature, special techniques are required to investigate and reconstruct these incidents.
Presented entirely online, this course addresses the special dynamics involved in pedestrian and bicycle traffic crashes. From reaction times to victim injury analysis to environmental factors, you’ll learn to recognize and interpret the evidence and correlate it with the collision sequence.
Topics Include
- Pedestrian crash problems
- Pedestrian impact dynamics
- Types of data: objective, subjective and performance
- Collection of data
- Pedestrian conspicuity
- Reaction time/human factors
- Reconstruction techniques
- Bicycle collision analysis
- Hit and run investigation techniques
Prerequisite(s)
You must have completed IPTM’s Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation course or its equivalent.
Audience
Law enforcement and private traffic crash investigators, claims adjusters, engineers, attorneys, safety officers, military investigative personnel, animators and graphic designers
Course Length
40 hours
Note(s)
IMPORTANT: Required materials will be shipped to you before the first day of class.
Online Details
Online environment: This course is interactive, instructor-led, and divided into daily modules. At the end of each day, the current module will close and a new module will open. Each student must successfully pass the quiz to progress to the next day of the course. The entire class progresses through the materials together like traditional classroom training; there are no provisions to skip modules or work ahead of the rest of the class. Class activities will take place Monday through Friday. Each day will require approximately 6-10 hours of class.
This is not a self-paced course. Although there are no specific times that you must be online, you will be required to complete assignments each day by midnight. Video lectures will be available each day beginning at midnight and learning activities must be completed each day.
The instructor will be available by e-mail and discussion forums throughout the course. He/She will be your guide and will assist you with questions every step along the way.
Computer requirements: You will complete the course entirely online. A dependable broadband internet connection with a Windows or Mac computer and Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download) are required.
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This course is not eligible for certificate discounts.